Regina & Area

It’s been 21 years that this illuminated Canadian Pacific Holiday Train travels on two routes from Quebec to British Columbia with stops in several Canadian and US cities. But today was the first time we actually went to the Regina event!

Our friends from Brensbach, near Frankfurt, Paddy & Steffi came to visit us as part of their Canadian vacation! We visited friends, Paddy got to meet Stu and we even went camping for a few days at Crooked Lake!

After Red Deer, we drove out of the snow to Maple Creek, then to Regina. We spent the last days together just hanging on the couch, meeting some friends, visiting a few museums and having a picnic at Buffalo Pound, where we also saw a moose! I was hard to … » full post and pics!

Two gigs this month… Iced Earth with our Stu (and the Dutch band ReVamp as support) and Heart!! Funny story… our seats were close to the catwalk and Ann noticed Nico’s headbanging… then said “you’ve got some fantastic hair!”. After the show he got dozens of compliments and people coming … » full post and pics!

It’s March, but winter is still here! We had a record snowfall this winter and it’s still coming! This pic is from early February. Are we going camping yet?!
We have other things on our mind though.. we renewed and increased our mortgage and are finally able to renovate our … » full post and pics!

On Nico’s birthday, we wanted to get some fresh air. It wasn’t warm nor sunny, but we had fun anyway. We had a picnic, I did some drawing and Nico went fishing. There doesn’t seem to be any fish there though.

It was a ccccold night, but lady aurora was expected to be dancing, and dance she did! Aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. We got in the car and drove out of the city, away from the city lights and parked on a smaller road near Pilot Butte … » full post and pics!

How to navigate our posts:
1. MOTORHOMING! are all our camping trips with our motorhome since 2009, and related info.
2. SASKATCHEWAN is for all non-camping trips, activities and info within our province.
3. OTHER DESTINATIONS are all non-camping trips and info elsewhere.
4. OUR HOME LIFE has everything else about our (personal) prairie life in Regina! Also about our life in the Netherlands until 2008 and our emigration to Canada.

About Wobben.org

Hello! We are Nico and Marlies Wobben!

On The Prairie And Beyond is mostly about our life in Regina, Saskatchewan on the Canadian Prairie, where we live with our six wonderful kitties and go camping a lot with our motorhome. We also love traveling back to the old country (Netherlands) and other places!

Nico is an RN and I (Marlies) have a web design business Feel The Fire and write on this blog. Until recently I combined this with a parttime office job.

We've known each other since the 80s from heavy metal concerts, mostly in Eindhoven, where I am from. We didn't get together until 1993, married in 1996, lived in Heerlen until we moved to Canada in 2008.

We are home! We love the people, the space, nature, the wildlife... our prairie life!